Every browser has security issues at times, the question is, how fast do these issues get fixed? Microsoft is sort of slow with this because Edge get's major updates in Windows feature upgrades and security ones in monthly Windows updates.
Severe vulnerabilities are patched out-of-band. Microsoft does it all the time.
Not sure why you think there is any distinction between patches Windows downloads automatically and the updates IT pushes out automatically.
Because IT doesn't push out patches automatically. They test them in their environment first. It also gives them the ability to not push non-security updates, driver updates, etc.
the game only officially came out in Brazil today, though Uchimura may have been playing the Japanese version
This doesn't matter, since the servers blocked pokemon from spawning in Brazil before today. So what exactly was he doing two weeks ago when he used all this data?
Facebook however, illegal acquires this data, because other people have given it my name because it allows that, and tagged their location at my address, installed the Facebook app on their phone where it harvests their contacts of which one is mine with my name and phone number and so on, and so forth.
Facebook could solve this problem easily - just ban tagging of non-Facebook members, stop harvesting data it's not legally entitled to from people's phones and so forth.
The Facebook mobile app does not have access to the device's contacts. Photos yes, location usually, but not contacts.
I could do pretty much all my research on Linux, if it weren't for SolidWorks and the damned Word.
Regarding Word: I like LaTex a lot, and use it whenever I can, but I research in a multidisciplinary environment and am first author for articles submitted in such a multitude of journals, that Word is, sadly, unavoidable - there's plenty of journals that only accept Word docs.
Word Online has been available for free for over a year. Just sign into OneDrive on any platform and create/edit/save a Word doc.
Avoid this release like the plague! No RSAT tools, a VLAN change can crash it, install will corrupt itself, Windows updates break to the point a DISM image fix is required, and the list goes on and on.
To my knowledge, DEP is a setting in Windows, not in IE. Does Microsoft not know it's own product or is this some different setting?
In IE8:
Internet Options -> Advanced -> Security: Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks
As you quoted, this is detailed in a post linked to in the advisory.
Having done a Nielsen log earlier this year, the format for the log was in a specific time slot you enter what you watched, what channel it aired on, what date/time it originally aired, and who in the household was watching. There is no restriction on how far back the program orginally aired. Each log is tied to a specific tv set, any of which can have a DVR or not.
The second WoW instance will be using a different account than the first, which will have its own configuration, loaded mods, macros, etc. There's no extra setup required on Windows. Just run the same exe twice and you'll have two separate instances running for your two accounts, using the same install and mods folders.
IE has been able to remove cache/history/cookies/saved form data/passwords since IE7 (2006). There is a delete button for each set, or you can "Delete all browsing history". IE8 has the same functions plus allowing removal of the data InPrivate keeps, and another option for keeping only data related to websites in your Favorites.
The default time for Windows Automatic Updates is 3:00 AM. If you're regularly up playing games at 3:00 AM, change the schedule to some other time. Or change the setting to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them".
Well no, actually Word, Notepad, Firefox, and any program that uses the common dialog API already handles.lnk files correctly. The only way to actually view the shortcut itself in most cases is to drag and drop it.
"Dragonshard is the first melding of Dungeons and Dragons with the Real-Time Strategy genre"
You're off by about 9 years. Blood & Magic was a D&D RTS based on Forgotten Realms that came out in 1996. Not a terrible game, but it wasn't near the top of RTS's even back then.
Just doing an End Task/End Process on it will cause it to restart, and bounce into the same problem again.
Not true in 2000 or XP. Explorer will not automatically restart itself if it was manually shut down.
Why does explorer also decide to restart every application that it normally would on startup, yet fails to re-iconify basic system services into the system tray?
That's the app's programmer's fault for not adding one more line to listen for a TaskbarCreated event. Volume control does come back, Norton Antivirus for one, doesn't.
I'm not so interested in jumping Mario across platforms, but if my reward was the opportunity to bitch-slap that annoyingly helpless Princess Toadstool, I might change my mind.
You can already do that, in Super Smash Brothers. But she might slap you back with a golf club.
You've been able to do this for a long time using SUS. It's a personal, configurable Windows Update server. Of course, you need a Windows server with IIS to use it.
Updates have always been available for download through http://support.microsoft.com, but they are not stored in any central area that you can get to programatically. But this is why Microsoft only releases updates once a month. You know exactly what day you'll get the security newsletter on, and all you have to do is follow the link and download what you need.
My Dell Latitude CPx gets way too hot to use on my lap, but the 9364U adapter that's been plugged in in my office for well over a year isn't even warm. Still, this might be a good time to get it off that stack of paper...
I've installed my fair share of XP machines and never ever had any problems with getting patched before getting pwned.
Then you know of course that only service packs and IE Cumulative patches have to be installed one at a time, while everything else is qchained all at once. And it tells you this in big bold letters and makes you select just the service pack or cumulative patch, so you really can't be surprised by it.
As far as compatibility testing, consoles are easier. But unlike PC games, all console games must follow the standards of whatever console it's on. The game must save this way, the screen can only be this white for this long... I have a book with all of the Dreamcast rules in it somewhere. More small things to check for that don't have to do with gameplay.
The console companies are very thorough when they test your final product for approval and won't tolerate a lot of mistakes and inconsistencies. So it's up to the testers to find these things before Nintendo does if they want to keep their job. There was one time where Nintendo gave us one day to find the cause of one bug, or they would tank our game. That makes for a pretty stressful time for the company.
Slashdot Mirror
Every browser has security issues at times, the question is, how fast do these issues get fixed? Microsoft is sort of slow with this because Edge get's major updates in Windows feature upgrades and security ones in monthly Windows updates.
Severe vulnerabilities are patched out-of-band. Microsoft does it all the time.
Not sure why you think there is any distinction between patches Windows downloads automatically and the updates IT pushes out automatically.
Because IT doesn't push out patches automatically. They test them in their environment first. It also gives them the ability to not push non-security updates, driver updates, etc.
the game only officially came out in Brazil today, though Uchimura may have been playing the Japanese version
This doesn't matter, since the servers blocked pokemon from spawning in Brazil before today. So what exactly was he doing two weeks ago when he used all this data?
Facebook however, illegal acquires this data, because other people have given it my name because it allows that, and tagged their location at my address, installed the Facebook app on their phone where it harvests their contacts of which one is mine with my name and phone number and so on, and so forth.
Facebook could solve this problem easily - just ban tagging of non-Facebook members, stop harvesting data it's not legally entitled to from people's phones and so forth.
The Facebook mobile app does not have access to the device's contacts. Photos yes, location usually, but not contacts.
I could do pretty much all my research on Linux, if it weren't for SolidWorks and the damned Word. Regarding Word: I like LaTex a lot, and use it whenever I can, but I research in a multidisciplinary environment and am first author for articles submitted in such a multitude of journals, that Word is, sadly, unavoidable - there's plenty of journals that only accept Word docs.
Word Online has been available for free for over a year. Just sign into OneDrive on any platform and create/edit/save a Word doc.
Avoid this release like the plague! No RSAT tools, a VLAN change can crash it, install will corrupt itself, Windows updates break to the point a DISM image fix is required, and the list goes on and on.
"An RSAT package will be available shortly after Windows 10 RTM."
from https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
It took you two hours to find the Desktop icon among the 10 other icons on the Start screen?
To my knowledge, DEP is a setting in Windows, not in IE. Does Microsoft not know it's own product or is this some different setting?
In IE8:
Internet Options -> Advanced -> Security: Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks
As you quoted, this is detailed in a post linked to in the advisory.
Having done a Nielsen log earlier this year, the format for the log was in a specific time slot you enter what you watched, what channel it aired on, what date/time it originally aired, and who in the household was watching. There is no restriction on how far back the program orginally aired. Each log is tied to a specific tv set, any of which can have a DVR or not.
The second WoW instance will be using a different account than the first, which will have its own configuration, loaded mods, macros, etc. There's no extra setup required on Windows. Just run the same exe twice and you'll have two separate instances running for your two accounts, using the same install and mods folders.
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl /v AutoReboot /t REG_DWORD /d 0
There you go.
Sure, and that's what IE8's privacy does too. I was just answering my parent's question about what IE6-8 can and can't do.
IE has been able to remove cache/history/cookies/saved form data/passwords since IE7 (2006). There is a delete button for each set, or you can "Delete all browsing history". IE8 has the same functions plus allowing removal of the data InPrivate keeps, and another option for keeping only data related to websites in your Favorites.
The default time for Windows Automatic Updates is 3:00 AM. If you're regularly up playing games at 3:00 AM, change the schedule to some other time. Or change the setting to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them".
Well no, actually Word, Notepad, Firefox, and any program that uses the common dialog API already handles .lnk files correctly. The only way to actually view the shortcut itself in most cases is to drag and drop it.
"Dragonshard is the first melding of Dungeons and Dragons with the Real-Time Strategy genre"
You're off by about 9 years. Blood & Magic was a D&D RTS based on Forgotten Realms that came out in 1996. Not a terrible game, but it wasn't near the top of RTS's even back then.
Just doing an End Task/End Process on it will cause it to restart, and bounce into the same problem again.
Not true in 2000 or XP. Explorer will not automatically restart itself if it was manually shut down.
Why does explorer also decide to restart every application that it normally would on startup, yet fails to re-iconify basic system services into the system tray?
That's the app's programmer's fault for not adding one more line to listen for a TaskbarCreated event. Volume control does come back, Norton Antivirus for one, doesn't.
I'm not so interested in jumping Mario across platforms, but if my reward was the opportunity to bitch-slap that annoyingly helpless Princess Toadstool, I might change my mind.
You can already do that, in Super Smash Brothers. But she might slap you back with a golf club.
You've been able to do this for a long time using SUS. It's a personal, configurable Windows Update server. Of course, you need a Windows server with IIS to use it.
Updates have always been available for download through http://support.microsoft.com, but they are not stored in any central area that you can get to programatically. But this is why Microsoft only releases updates once a month. You know exactly what day you'll get the security newsletter on, and all you have to do is follow the link and download what you need.
My Dell Latitude CPx gets way too hot to use on my lap, but the 9364U adapter that's been plugged in in my office for well over a year isn't even warm. Still, this might be a good time to get it off that stack of paper...
"Microsoft promised "ongoing security updates" for all supported versions of Windows and IE."
It means you will still get all of the patches, but you will never get the popup blocker and other features specific to IE6 SP2. Not a big deal.
You know that if the submission had been a comment, it would have gotten +5 Funny here. It's no worse than most of the "humor" you all mod up.
As far as compatibility testing, consoles are easier. But unlike PC games, all console games must follow the standards of whatever console it's on. The game must save this way, the screen can only be this white for this long... I have a book with all of the Dreamcast rules in it somewhere. More small things to check for that don't have to do with gameplay.
The console companies are very thorough when they test your final product for approval and won't tolerate a lot of mistakes and inconsistencies. So it's up to the testers to find these things before Nintendo does if they want to keep their job. There was one time where Nintendo gave us one day to find the cause of one bug, or they would tank our game. That makes for a pretty stressful time for the company.
SAS is 100% software and has been on the list all six years. They've been as high as #2, and this is the first year out of the top 10.